Hello, bash-4.4 doesn't build with --enable-static-link. Buidling with an additional --without-bash-malloc makes it work.
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.7/../../../../lib64/libc.a(malloc.o): In function `free': (.text+0x5f20): multiple definition of `free' ./lib/malloc/libmalloc.a(malloc.o):/home/benoit/bash/bash-4.4/lib/malloc/malloc.c:1273: first defined here /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.7/../../../../lib64/libc.a(malloc.o): In function `malloc': (.text+0x5160): multiple definition of `malloc' ./lib/malloc/libmalloc.a(malloc.o):/home/benoit/bash/bash-4.4/lib/malloc/malloc.c:1258: first defined here /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.4.7/../../../../lib64/libc.a(malloc.o): In function `realloc': (.text+0x6400): multiple definition of `realloc' ./lib/malloc/libmalloc.a(malloc.o):/home/benoit/bash/bash-4.4/lib/malloc/malloc.c:1266: first defined here collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [bash] Error 1 -- Benoît Dejean